Most realistic bus simulation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“any button or lever in game bus works as the irl bus do (even the air conditioner, or heater work)”
Steam review · 2219 h played ↗
OMSI 2: Steam Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%MR-Software GbR2013Driving · Simulation · Casual
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A deeply realistic, mod-driven bus simulator with top-tier physics and sound, but old, 32-bit, crash-prone, pricey and hard to set up. Skip it if you want polish.
Great for
Bus enthusiasts who enjoy tinkering, modding and a steep learning curve for realistic driving
Main risk
Crashes, poor performance and confusing controls can make it unplayable before you enjoy it
What players love
Huge modding community and free content
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the 100's of free full feature modded buses, and free city map mods all over the world”
Steam review · 90.2 h played ↗
Excellent physics and driving feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Still unmatched in terms of driving physics and feel.”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗
Great sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“very very realistic engine sounds of an old smoking diesel man engined bus!!”
Steam review · 1000.6 h played ↗
Rewarding once you learn it
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Takes some getting used to and a lot of tweaking of settings, but once that's done the game is fantastic.”
Steam review · 162.4 h played ↗
OpenOMSI community port fixes much
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“please install openOMSI. It is so much better and finally properly playable!”
Steam review · 577.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization and low fps
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“the game runs very poorly even at it lowest settings it look like a$$ but yet some how on a modern pc i barely get over 20 fps”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and instability
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“crash freeze crash crash freeze repeat until you give up”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Confusing controls and broken tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Don't get this if prefer playing games instead of configuring them.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Outdated 32-bit engine, abandoned
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it can only use 2GB of your memory, which makes any map that you buy (at a very big cost) practically unplayable with lag, crashes”
Steam review · 336.2 h played ↗
Overpriced game and DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It's asking you to pay 1350,94 € for DLC, but isnt even worth the initial asking price”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Long loading times
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“it takes an absolute age to load up a map, then it takes ages to load up the bus preview”
Steam review · 188 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8
Processor2.6 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce or comparable AMD with minimum 512 MB
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8
ProcessorDual core processor with 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce or comparable AMD with 1024 MB
OSWindows 7/8
Processor2.6 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce or comparable AMD with minimum 512 MB
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